Stanley Kramer’s win for Best Comedy or Musical was neither a critical nor box office success, even though it was based on a best-selling novel. But the award served as a fitting close to a glorious career of one of Hollywood’s most creative producers. True, after that he directed three other movies but they went largely unnoticed in contrast to his 20-year output, which resulted in 45 Golden Globe nominations for films he produced including those after 1958, which he directed as well: